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How rewarding is AutoCAD Drafter as a Career to opt for?

Author: Prabhat Ranjit Singh
by Prabhat Ranjit Singh
Posted: Aug 21, 2017

Students from a CAD background that may be looking for highly paid jobs should consider both architecture and engineering fields.as Both fields have their own job growth statistics and salary opportunities to go with. A majority of CAD drafters either hold an associate’s degree, technical certificate or in many cases industry experience and training from a specialized CAD training center in mumbai.

CAD drafters primarily use AutoCAD, which is one of the AEC industry’s leading drafting and designing software tools to design and draft drawings for all types of AEC uses. The drawings created from AutoCAD are primarily used by the drafters as blueprints for the construction buildings, civil structures, electrical & plumbing systems and architectural designs Drafting professionals working on AutoCAD are associated with several job titles including, engineer, drafter, estimator, designer, modeller, architect or illustrator.

AutoCAD drafters need to think out of the box and create innovative and appealing designs that are also aligned to a specification and output requirements. How can they go about this? Well, the best AutoCAD drafters combine characteristics such as creativity and spatial relationships with mathematics and analytical thinking to create their output. AutoCAD helps you in every walk of your professional life as it helps you to bring ideas to life and that too regardless of your CAD career whether that lies in civil engineering, architecture or the building services sector. In today’s environment, especially in the AEC industry AutoCAD courses in Mumbai is considered to be one of the the most sought after software skills and the courses related to it are in great demand in Mumbai. The overall demand to the jobs related to the tool is quite high as various versions of AutoCAD and other Autodesk products are particularly designed for drafters in specific industries and job roles.

How to become an AutoCAD Drafter?

For the position of an AutoCAD drafter, AEC companies primarily select those students who are trained in recent versions of AutoCAD or a specialized Autodesk programs such as AutoCAD Civil 3D, Revit Architecture or 3ds Max. AutoCAD drafting can be learnt in a two year program at a technical or trade school, as part of an associate or bachelor’s degree from an accredited university, or through a post-secondary diploma or certificate program. The other option is to take an internship or junior role in a firm and develop skills from an AEC training specialist.

High Paying CAD Jobs

A recent study suggests that employment for drafters is estimated to grow by 1% annually, from the current period up to 2022. It might look slower than the IT sector, however, those students having appropriate AutoCAD knowledge and specializations will experience many employment opportunities.

A certificate or an associate’s degree program is all what’s required to get started in a CAD design career. There are several options available for a CAD designer depending on their interests. They have the option to work in medical or aerospace engineering. Other fields such as construction and architecture also incorporate some very high paying jobs for CAD designers and CAD technicians.

Prabhat Singh heads Grey Edge, The Training and Recruitment Division of XS CAD, one of the leading CAD training center in mumbai.

And providers of AutoCAD courses in Mumbai , India. He has been instrumental in designing CAD curriculum for students and professionals related to domains, such as architecture, engineering and interior design.

About the Author

Prabhat Singh heads Grey Edge, a leading Autodesk Revit MEP Training Centre in Mumbai. Prabhat has been instrumental in designing many types of curriculum related to domains, such as architecture, interior design and web designing and development.

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